culotte

\ky.lɔt\

/\ky.lɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“culotte” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,980
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pantalon court.

Corpus desk

Index FR-culotte · culotte · French

culotte · rank #9,980 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,980
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cube

Nearest frequency peer: cube (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « culotte »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « culotte » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

culotte vs culte
71% similar
culotte vs cuvette
71% similar
culotte vs culot
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for culotte
PropertyValue
Headwordculotte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ky.lɔt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,980
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « culotte »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).culottese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cube » (#9,979), « directoire » (#9,981), « croirait » (#9,978). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « culotte » est au #9,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around culotte (IPA \ky.lɔt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,980 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for culotte, with forms such as "cculotte", "cluotte", and "cullotte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "culte", "cuvette", "culot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is culotte, spelled C-U-L-O-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pantalon court.
  2. 2
    Sous-vêtement, caleçon.
  3. 3
    Sorte de pantalon moulant utilisé dans la pratique de l'équitation.
  4. 4
    Arrière-train du bœuf ou du cheval.
  5. 5
    Déculottée, échec.
  6. 6
    Tuyau en forme de T faisant deux embranchements. Le terme n’est employé que pour les tuyaux en PVC.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how culotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On rencontre encore des hommes coiffés du bonnet rayé bleu et rouge, vêtu de vadmel avec les bas de laine grise, la culotte courte à trois boutons et les espadrilles en peau de mouton.
  2. Le costume des femmes est d’un éclat tout asiatique ; il se compose d’une culotte bouffante, serrée à la cheville, d’un boléro très ouvert qui laisse la poitrine libre dans la mince étoffe.

This word in other languages

breeches(English)braga(Español)Unterhose(Deutsch)calções(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cculotte
  • cluotte
  • cullotte
  • culote
  • culotet
  • cultote
  • cuoltte
  • uclotte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of culotte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cculotte1cluotte2cullotte1culote1culotet2cultote2cuoltte2uclotte2
Edit distance from "culotte"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "culotte"?
"culotte" is spelled C-U-L-O-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ky.lɔt\.
What does "culotte" mean?
As a noun, "culotte" means: Pantalon court.
What words are commonly confused with "culotte"?
"culotte" is commonly confused with "culte", "cuvette", "culot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "culotte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "culotte" is \ky.lɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "culotte" come from?
"culotte" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "culotte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

copines#9,976fardeau#10,004annales#9,955finesse#10,006

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

clique8 variantsVichy8 variantsteinte8 variantsSicile8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list